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Eclipse and copying workspaces

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What do I have to do to copy a complete workspace from one computer to another and be simply able to continue working on it on the other computer?

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Christian Avatar asked Mar 22 '10 16:03

Christian


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In general, a filesystem copy should be sufficient. If you run into problems with your projects, try removing the project from the workspace (without deleting the files) and then re-add the project, which will rebuild the metadata.

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Will Avatar answered Nov 04 '22 08:11

Will